Google Privacy Comes Under Fire From European Watchdogs

PARIS—Google Inc. is facing heightened pressure from European regulators, who are getting closer to bringing legal action or fines against the company for alleged violations of data-privacy rules, after more than a year of working together on probes.

France's privacy watchdog, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés, said Thursday that it has ordered Google to comply with a series of specific privacy requirements within three months or face fines. Regulators in five other countries—Germany, Italy, Spain,...